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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act, which would extend the compliance dates of the final 2015 Brick MACT rule pending judicial review:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of a measure that requires states to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services certain information with respect to Medicaid provider terminations to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse within the system:

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that the House will consider a resolution authorizing the Speaker to file an amicus brief in the United States v. Texas litigation in the coming weeks:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of a measure that provides a uniform approach to deciding fraudulent joinder, an act where trial lawyers unfairly add a party to a lawsuit for the sole purpose of keeping the lawsuit in a state court favorable to the plaintiff:

The Committee on Rules is likely to meet the week of February 29th to grant a rule that may provide a structured amendment process for floor consideration of H.R. 4557, the Blocking Regulatory Interference from Closing Kilns Act of 2016.